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The use and possible abuse of training aids is a controversial subject.  This book shows how equipment must be used carefully, considerately and purely as an aid to training - never as a short cut or as a means of imposing force.  It explains the basic principles of deciding when training aids could help and how to make sure there is no risk of causing harm, with the horse's welfare paramount at all times.

You will find advice on how different training aids work and how to fit and use them, with information on new equipment as well as ideas that have become standard equirpment.  You will also discover that there are trianing aids for riders as well as for horses.  Whilst encouraging an open-minded, thoughtful approach, this book emphasizes that there is no such thing as a magic gadget and that prodcuing a well-schooled horse or pony takes time and a correcct, consistent approach.  Whether you are an experienced rider or a relative novice, it will help you improve your partnership with your horse and increase your knowledge.

Paperback.